AppleInsider had a write up on the possibility of the Playstation 3 supporting OS X. It is also reported that it may support other operating systems such as Linux.

I wasn’t planning on buying one but this ups the ante.

Today I talked to a few people who run the RTOC here in Houston and they mentioned some of their history. The RTOC monitors offshore oil rigs and their drilling operations in real time. This has been done for the past 10 years and apparently Shell was one of the first providers of broadband internet to people on the Gulf Coast.

The amount of data that is streamed a day is in terabytes so large “pipes” were needed to get the info from the rigs and to the monitoring stations in New Orleans and Houston. These pipes were so large that their excess bandwidth was actually sold to different telecommunications companies. If you have the available throughput then why not give it up and make a little money?

I had asked about the data they received because I was interested in whether they used a commercial data provider but was surprised to hear them tell me that they put down their own fiber and started up their own telecomm company.

After all of my searching I found a house that I liked and that fit inside of my price range. The roommate seemed nice and the house was completely renovated so I went ahead and signed the lease.

The house is older, about 50 yrs. but with all of the renovations looks like something you would find in The Heights. The whole house has hardwood floors though they are going to put carpet in the bedrooms, which is perfect. The entire kitchen has been redone and looks awesome.

My roommate Brad is a nice guy. He owns the house with a co-signature from his parents and seems to take real pride in keeping it up. All in all I think it is a really good situation and I feel very lucky to have found the house when I did (thanks Courtney!).

You can see more of the trip and the house by clicking on the picture.